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Antony Blinken: “The concern that we would have is that if we are saying we are going to be suspending certain sanctions early on, and…”

On the recordJanuary 20, 2015
The concern that we would have is that if we are saying we are going to be suspending certain sanctions early on, and yet that is still subject to an initial vote by the Congress in some fashion, they will doubt our ability to actually deliver on our commitment.
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Antony Blinken
Democratic · District of Columbia

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Blinken expresses concerns about Congress's role in sanction decisions affecting negotiations.

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